 | Red Letter Year [Read More ...]
Description: "I've got myself a new mantra," Ani DiFranco shares on her new studio album. "It says `Don't forget to have a good time.'" This attitude has clearly influenced the dozen tunes on Red Letter Year, which celebrate existence, profess love and tackle thorny political issues with an i... |
 | Canon [Read More ...]
Description: Throughout her career, Ani DiFranco has given her own take on tired rock star cliches. When other artists answered to major labels, she opted to start her own. While other guitarists relied on electric heroics, she pounded on a strangely tuned acoustic. And when faced with the ta... |
 | Not a Pretty Girl [Read More ...]
Description: Ani DiFranco's fondness for cheeky self-effacement marks her fourth album, Not a Pretty Girl. Having redefined our whole concept of cult following, the funky, punky singer/songwriter has parlayed her prowess for six-string blues guitar into an unique alternative acoustic sound. T... |
 | Little Plastic Castle [Read More ...]
Description: As she's gone from the Young Woman Who Could to the Woman Who Has, Ani DiFranco has explored more than her share of musical styles, all the while remaining true to her core. Even during her most extreme departures, you could hear the sound of the early albums coming through. On L... |
 | Ani DiFranco [Read More ...]
Description: Ani DiFranco was a star from the get-go. It just took the world a little while to catch on to that fact. In 1990, folksingers didn't shave their heads, wear nose rings, or sing about the feelings in their jeans, but DiFranco did. Her bracing, punky stance hit just as hard on her ... |
 | Imperfectly [Read More ...]
Description: It's only by looking back on Imperfectly, Ani DiFranco's third album that we're able to see how far she's come. It's also easy to see where she came from. At this point, DiFranco was still enough of a traditional folkie to stick a political sentiment like "She sits there like Ame... |
 | Living in Clip [Read More ...]
Description: The mannered vocal style that has always been the most off-putting element of Ani DiFranco's music is still present on this two-disc live set, but for some reason it doesn't matter anymore. Maybe it's the way you can hear DiFranco using her breaths to accent a rhythm section that... |
 | Revelling/Reckoning [Read More ...]
Description: As she has become both indie icon and industry force, Ani DiFranco has grown more unpredictable, savvy, and restless with every release. On this sumptuously packaged double set, DiFranco often pours her brutally personal and political images into summery, horn-based jazz arra... |
 | Reprieve [Read More ...]
Description: Every new album from Ani DiFranco gives listeners a reason to get excited about music all over again, and her latest, Reprieve, is certainly no exception. Across 12 tracks, DiFranco ignites more of her signature blend of poetry, politics and musicianship. Ani and touring bassist... |
 | Out of Range [Read More ...]
Description: Out of Range marks the end of the first phase of Ani DiFranco's career, not so much in terms of the way she goes about her business (as always, on her own terms) but in terms of her songwriting, arranging, performing, and, to a greater extent than ever before, growing popularity.... |
 | Dilate [Read More ...]
Asian Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: "Shameless (Bathtub Mix)", and "Joyful Girl (Peace and Love Mix)". |
 | Up Up Up Up Up Up [Read More ...]
Description: Whereas on Little Plastic Castle Ani DiFranco questioned her public image in song, here the fiercely independent singer/songwriter turns away from stardom's beckoning questions to further explore her emotional balance. "Angry Anymore" is a back-porch country song (with banjo and ... |
 | Past Didn't Go Anywhere [Read More ...]
Review: Stories Worth Remembering:I found this CD at a Goodwill in '97. I can't believe it's been 10 years and I can't get enough of Mr. Phillips' storytelling. I still listen to it regularly.
It's the love of life and humans of this person that affected me the most. I appreciate his st... |
 | Educated Guess [Read More ...]
Description: In form, this is the disc DiFranco fans have wanted for years: a return to her naked roots of words and guitar, entirely played, sung, and taped to eight-track by Ani herself. But in important ways, Educated Guess suggests there is no going back. Even alone, the lessons of DiFran... |
 | Puddle Dive [Read More ...]
Description: Puddle Dive is something of a transition album for DiFranco: she's (gasp!) smiling on the cover, she's got accompaniment on nearly every track, her creed is clearly stated for the first time ("I sing sometimes like my life is at stake / 'Cause you're only as loud as the noises yo... |
 | Knuckle Down [Read More ...]
Description: The music on Ani DiFranco’s latest CD is as stunning as ever, packed with irresistible melodies, poignant lyrics, and virtuoso performances. But for the first time in her career, Ani has invited a fellow singer-songwriter to work with her as co-producer: Joe Henry, himself the ... |
 | Evolve [Read More ...]
Japanese edition of the iconic singer/songwriter's 2003 album includes one bonus track, 'Your Next Bold Move' (live version from the movie Render). Digipak housed in a slipcase. Righteous Babe/Victor. |
 | To the Teeth [Read More ...]
Description: The follow-up to the ambitious Up Up Up Up Up Up finds the prolific Ani DiFranco striving to expand the range of her brand of do-it-yourself folk. Here she incorporates organ, clarinet, megaphone, and even an ill-advised rap courtesy of Corey Parker, whose father, former James Br... |
 | So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter [Read More ...]
Description: Who besides Ani DiFranco would begin an album with a piercing buzz and a muttered "I don't know why the f**k I play acoustic guitars"? But then who else would release a double-disc concert set only five years after the last one? Like 1997's Living in Clip, her latest live documen... |
 | Fellow Workers [Read More ...]
Japanese Version Featuring A Bonus Track. |
